The problem isn't designers who need of course compensation for their work, but building up an e-commerce stack, per-volume licensing infra, and publicity, lead

The problem isn't designers who need of course compensation for their work, but building up an e-commerce stack, per-volume licensing infra, and publicity, leading to "platforms", verticals, concentration, and most commercial fonts being distributed by just two companies (Adobe and Monotype). In other words, middle-men taking all the money away, when easy self-publishing was the entire point of the web. (Though I've heard Adobe Stock and iStock at least works ok for photographers and graphic artists for now)